Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1634 1636 1656

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.5%
Allow Rate
-3.5% vs TC avg
99
Total Applications
+36.3%
Interview Lift
1261
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 46 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
63.6%
§103 Obviousness
10.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17257796 RETROTRANSPOSON-BASED DELIVERY VEHICLE AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18420013 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DRUG ADDICTION, METHOD FOR SCREENING THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DRUG ADDICTION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DRUG ADDICTION Final Rejection KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17628361 CHIMERIC MOLECULE, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR CLEAVING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID, AND KIT FOR TARGET NUCLEIC ACID CLEAVAGE OR DIAGNOSIS Final Rejection TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18040503 MODULATION OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION 3 (STAT3) EXPRESSION Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
19054584 Linear DNA with Enhanced Resistance Against Exonucleases Non-Final OA 4BASEBIO UK LTD
16735146 Multiplex Guide RNAS Non-Final OA The General Hospital Corporation
17788519 IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR DIRECT REPROGRAMMING OF CANCER CELLS INTO IMMUNE CELLS/ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELLS/DENDRITIC CELLS Final Rejection University of Florida Research Foundation, Incorporated
18094695 OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR MECP2 MODULATION Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
17658957 LNCRNAS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY Non-Final OA Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
17378274 HUMAN MIRNAS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS, AND THERAPY OF HUMAN CONDITIONS AND DISEASES Non-Final OA THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY
18409684 PAPN MUTANT, METHOD FOR SITE-DIRECTED MODIFICATION OF PAPN GENE AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA AGSINO GENSOURCES CO., LTD.
17576971 LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ANALYSIS FOR PATHOGENIC TARGETS Non-Final OA Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.
17430274 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1A Non-Final OA BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC.
18551817 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA Non-Final OA EmendoBio Inc.
17497725 NOVEL CRISPR DNA TARGETING ENZYMES AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA ARBOR BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
16848117 METHOD, LYSIS SOLUTION AND KIT FOR SELECTIVELY DEPLETING ANIMAL NUCLEIC ACIDS IN A SAMPLE Non-Final OA QIAGEN GMBH
18157305 USE OF STAT4 INHIBITORS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Final Rejection New York Medical College
17413297 ANELLOSOMES FOR DELIVERING PROTEIN REPLACEMENT THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES Non-Final OA FLAGSHIP PIONEERING INNOVATIONS V, INC.
17599463 NANOSYSTEM BASED ON MICRORNA FOR TREATING OBESITY Final Rejection UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA
17094718 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE AND RIBONUCLEIC ACID PRODUCTION Non-Final OA GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.
18163333 mRNA VACCINE DESIGN USING MULTIPLE INTERACTING IMMUNO-STIMULATORY PATHWAYS, FOR CANCER AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES Final Rejection MicroVAX, LLC
18018089 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF NIEMANN-PICK TYPE C1 DISEASE Non-Final OA Voyager Therapeutics, Inc
17311271 MODIFIED PROTEINS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF TREATMENT Final Rejection Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc.
16802678 GENE THERAPY COMPOSITION FOR USE IN DIABETES TREATMENT Final Rejection Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
17986020 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR THE ADAR-MEDIATED EDITING OF OTOFERLIN (OTOF) Non-Final OA Korro Bio, Inc.
17788524 BODY FAT REDUCING AGENT AND METHOD FOR SCREENING FOR SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF REDUCING BODY FAT Non-Final OA INNATE CELL THERAPY INC.
17678311 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING ATAXIN 3 EXPRESSION Non-Final OA ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS LEIDEN
17495266 CANCER-SPECIFIC MOLECULES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Envisagenics, Inc.
17420347 mRNA-BASED BIOMARKERS FOR ANTIBODY-MEDIATED TRANSPLANT REJECTION Final Rejection LE CENTRE HOSPITALIER ET UNIVERSITAIRE DE LIMOGES
17289590 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING EGG DEVELOPMENT IN MOSQUITOES Final Rejection Arizona Board Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona

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